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Ab- :: Ab- () A prefix in many words of Latin origin. It signifies from, away , separating, or departure, as in abduct, abstract, abscond. See A-(6)..

Abstractional :: Abstractional (a.) Pertaining to abstraction.

Abstract :: Abstract (a.) To withdraw; to separate; to take away.

Abstract :: Abstract (a.) To draw off in respect to interest or attention; as, his was wholly abstracted by other objects..

Abstractionist :: Abstractionist (n.) An idealist.

Abstract :: Abstract (a.) To take secretly or dishonestly; to purloin; as, to abstract goods from a parcel, or money from a till..

Abstract :: Abstract (a.) To separate, as ideas, by the operation of the mind; to consider by itself; to contemplate separately, as a quality or attribute..

Abstract :: Abstract (a.) Considered apart from any application to a particular object; separated from matter; existing in the mind only; as, abstract truth, abstract numbers. Hence: ideal; abstruse; difficult..

High :: High (superl.) Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount; grand; noble.

Abstracted :: Abstracted (a.) Separated from matter; abstract; ideal.

Abstractitious :: Abstractitious (a.) Obtained from plants by distillation.

Concrete :: Concrete (a.) Standing for an object as it exists in nature, invested with all its qualities, as distinguished from standing for an attribute of an object; -- opposed to abstract..

Abstraction :: Abstraction (a.) The act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. Thus, when the mind considers the form of a tree by itself, or the color of the leaves as separate from their size or figure, the act is called abstraction. So, also, when it considers whiteness, softness, virtue, existence, as separate from any particular objects..

Docket :: Docket (v. t.) To make a brief abstract of (a writing) and indorse it on the back of the paper, or to indorse the title or contents on the back of; to summarize; as, to docket letters and papers..

#NAME? :: -ness () A suffix used to form abstract nouns expressive of quality or state; as, goodness, greatness..

Docket :: Docket (v. t.) To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book; as, judgments regularly docketed..

Inabstracted :: Inabstracted (a.) Not abstracted.

Abstracted :: Abstracted (a.) Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind.

Distrait :: Distrait (a.) Absent-minded; lost in thought; abstracted.

Comprehension :: Comprehension (n.) The capacity of the mind to perceive and understand; the power, act, or process of grasping with the intellect; perception; understanding; as, a comprehension of abstract principles..

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